BRIGHTPURPOSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC473577 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-26

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£406

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £406

Very low cash

Cash position: £7

Net assets shrinking

Down £87 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 100% YoY

Cash YoY

-100%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7

↓ 100% YoY

Net Worth

£406

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£59k

↑ 73% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£17.6k	£23.4k
Current assets	£59.5k	£34.4k
Cash	£7	£5.8k
Debtors	£58.3k	£27.2k
Net assets	£406	£493

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-07-18
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2024-08-28
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2023-12-06
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2022-11-03
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2021-10-19
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2020-12-22
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2019-11-27
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2018-08-22
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2017-10-10
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2016-09-05
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2016-04-11
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2015-12-22
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2015-05-21
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2014-07-28
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2014-04-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-03-26
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Company incorporated
As BRIGHTPURPOSE LIMITED
2014-03-26
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HIGHLEY, Helen Rachel appointed
director
2014-03-26
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MATHER, Stuart Cameron appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Helen Highley Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/03/2017
Mr Stuart Mather Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Pentland View

Limekiln Road

Macbiehill

Peebleshire

EH46 7BA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HIGHLEY, Helen Rachel→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-03-26

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Active

MATHER, Stuart Cameron→

director · ~73y · appointed 2014-03-26

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	29/04/2014	—

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